Argh! I need a new LoK game so badly that simply the mention of it here is likely to leave me constipated for a week. And it's CHRISTMAS god damn you. You've constipated me at christmas! Have you no ethics?

Mind you, weren't Raziel and Kain last seen having been shlurped into one being in order to go about their teamed up violence more efficiently in future? In which case this comic must be situating itself in some previous point in the series' lore. Unless of course you've presented a penetrating look into the internal dynamics of a doubled-up conciousness, in which case bravo, sir, bravo. This comic is a psychoanalytical masterpiece!

Kross:Holy crap, I was just talking about the Legacy of Kain series the other day with @s0osleepie ... after not having even thought about it in a decade.

GET OUT OF MY HEAD INTERNET

I've actually never played the games (didn't have a playstation at the time), but I did see them and they were brilliant.

Pretty much every single game in the Kain series is available for PC, I know, because I finished Soul Reaver 2 in my back then crappy PC with 128 mb of ram and 16 mb of video, yup, the game ran fine and although it almost looked like an N64 title, it ran pretty fine. Although I don't know if the first Soul Reaver can run in modern PCs without much trouble. We need to send lots of mails to GOG ASAP.

I love the LoK series (although I've never played any of the Blood Omen games), the voice acting was solid gold, especially Kain and Raziel; the narration alone was enough to make me carry on and see what happened next, it's just a shame that the devs wrote themselves into a confusing temporal corner and a disappointing cliff-hanger ending in Defiance that resolved nothing.

As much as it pains me to say it, if they were to make a new LoK game (whoever "they" may be), it'd have to start from scratch story-wise because, to paraphrase Grey Carter, no sequel/prequel can possibly untangle 5 games worth of time-fuckery. I mean, where the hell would you start?

vivster:i want my soul reaver 3... or at least a nice remake of the first...

Unfortunately a Soul Reaver 3 is out of the question as Raziel no longer exists, because.....

bimbley:Argh! I need a new LoK game so badly that simply the mention of it here is likely to leave me constipated for a week. And it's CHRISTMAS god damn you. You've constipated me at christmas! Have you no ethics?

Mind you, weren't Raziel and Kain last seen having been shlurped into one being in order to go about their teamed up violence more efficiently in future? In which case this comic must be situating itself in some previous point in the series' lore. Unless of course you've presented a penetrating look into the internal dynamics of a doubled-up conciousness, in which case bravo, sir, bravo. This comic is a psychoanalytical masterpiece!

-Bim

Actually Raziel was himself absorbed into the Soul Reaver, thus making it the all-powerful vampiric sword that it was originally fashioned to be. Kane thought this was horrible, that Raziel needed to be alive in order to break free from the unrelenting flow of time, but Raziel knew the truth: he was ALWAYS destined to be Kane's instrument of destruction. First as a living vampire, and now as the soul powering his sword. This is what allows Kane to see and slay the ancient god who was manipulating the events throughout the entire storyline.

That said, there is still room for a final game in the series, and I don't see what would be so complicated about it. Kane and Raziel broke the chain by first killing the Time Guardian when he wasn't supposed to die, and secondly by having Raziel be absorbed into the Soul Reaver. This is why the last game was called Defiance, because Kane and Raziel both defy their apparent fates in order to break free of the web the ancient god had woven. From that point on, all that is left is to destroy the invasion of the Hilden (think that's what they're called), and there you have your final ending to the entire series.

:P Didn't use spoilers because anyone who reads this most likely is as big a LoK fan as everyone else who posted here and this should all be common knowledge. I would LOVE to see a new LoK game. Blood Omen 2 and Soul Reaver 2 were my favorites before they combined Raziel and Kane into LoK Defiance. The problem with making a new LoK game to continue on from Defiance is that, as mentioned above, Kane's Soul Reaver is now so powerful that it can chop an ancient god to bits...kinda removes any possible challenge that comes next once you've earned the title God Slayer.

Same here, if they would finally announce a new LoK game I would scream with so much joy.Although Raziel is my favourite, so not that much if it would be an only Kain game, but still very happy.

They wouldn't even have to continue Defiance, there would be two great things they could do:

Remake the original Soul Reaver BUT with the original story and original content that was dumped in order for more sequels ( for those who don't know : Raziel would have killed all of his brothers, a Priestess, and Kain too, you could have acquired all of the elemental Reaver upgrades that were in the sequels, more Glyph powers and areas to visit, and in the end Raziel would unleash the power of the silent cathedral and eliminate every vampire in Nosgoth)This would be so awesome with todays graphics, and technology, but with the same great music, atmosphere, voice acting etc.)

OR the other option : make a game that takes place after Blood Omen but before Soul Reaver, we know Raziel served Kain for a 1000 years, and they conquered Nosgoth, so it could begin by Raziel being raised and fighting along Kain in a great war against the humans. With a great open world setting like Assassins Creed that could also be something very cool.

If I ever win the lottery, I will totally invest some money in one of the above projects! It would be a dream come true!

Man, I miss the Legacy of Kain games something fierce. I know Silicon Knights basically finished the story and left the rest up imagination (in a manner that was just awesome), but you just... want to see more of it. I hate to say it because I'm not a huge fan of remakes but possibly a revamped version of Soul Reaver 1 and 2 would be enjoyable for nostalgia's sake. Like to say the Blood Omens as well, but the first one was ungodly linear and I don't see any developer that would interested in a revamp going the extra mile to put a sense of deep immersion in the game.